Creators of “participatory defense” – a community organizing model for people facing charges, their families, and communities to impact the outcome of cases and transform the landscape of power in the court system

Prison Policy Institute Graphic: How Many People Are Locked Up?

Our friends at the Prison Policy Initiative have just put out a new briefing called “Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie.” It asks and answers a fundamental question: How many people are locked up and where? The image aggregates the disparate systems of confinement in the United States and is a compelling (and disturbing) data canvasing of systems, charges, and reach of the incarceration machinery. (Click image to go the full depiction.)